" Friends come and go like the waves of the ocean, but the true ones stay, like an octopus on your face. "

— Unknown

" The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. "

— Michel de Montaigne

" Desire, when it stems from the heart and spirit, when it is pure and intense, possesses awesome electromagnetic energy. This energy is released into the ether each night, as the mind falls into the sleep state. Each morning it returns to the conscious state reinforced with the cosmic currents. That which has been imaged will surely and certainly be manifested. You can rely, young man, upon this ageless promise as surely as you can rely upon the eternally unbroken promise of sunrise... and of Spring. "

— A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

" Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes. "

— swami vivekananda

" A fake friend pretends to be a confidant, while secretly feeding on your secrets. "

— Unknown

" It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise. "

— Sara Teasdale